Published date: 26 May 2015

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 8 June 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Catering equipment - 39310000

  • Canteen and catering services - 55500000

  • Catering services - 55520000

    • School catering services - 55524000

    • Caretaker services - 98341140

Location of contract

B4 7WB

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

C0228

Published date

26 May 2015

Closing date

8 June 2015

Contract start date

1 April 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Birmingham City Council is seeking to enter into an arrangement with a public sector partner that brings an improved, cost effective catering, cleaning and caretaking service to schools. This would be an alternative model of service delivery to Cityserve which is the current in-house provider of these services to schools in the Birmingham area. The Council's vision is to establish a sustainable, co-ordinated, city-wide service for schools that can provide a better focus on nutritional needs, community engagement and social value.

Cityserve is currently a viable trading entity with a turnover in excess of £38m and provides services to more than 300 schools. They currently have approx. 370 clients, over 500 service agreements / contracts in total (cleaning & catering) with over 2185 cleaning hours per day. Cityserve currently employs 2,000 staff, and, if a successful partner is found, it is envisaged that the majority of these staff will TUPE into the joint venture.

The Council are seeking to set up a Teckal company compliant with Regulation 12 PCR 2015, to create a joint venture to deliver our vision for a world class catering and cleaning service and further enhance services provided to schools within Birmingham and beyond. Prospective Joint Venture partners will recognise the value and growth opportunities that already exist but can be improved upon further through investment in innovation, commercial freedoms and the application of intelligent IT systems. The aim is to build a Teckal company than can secure a successful long term future through investment and innovation, in return for being afforded this opportunity the Council will expect to receive both a significant rebate and an annual return of profits over a 10 to 15 year period.

Expressions of interest are only sought from organisations that are willing to meet those conditions set out in Regulation 12, Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Teckal exemption") when entering into a joint venture with Birmingham City Council.

Please note - This service will not include any element of service delivery to the City Council (the service will be delivered commercially to schools direct).

If you are interested in applying please register an interest on in-tend.

The web address is https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc.

Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function. If you have any problems in accessing in-tend please email us at
cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000.

Interested parties will be able to download from the e-portal a market testing questionnaire. Applicants should submit completed questionnaires by 8th June 2015, which will be used by the council to determine its available options. Applicants may then be invited to submit further proposals and / or to attend a discussion/a bidder day w/c 15th June 2015 to assist in f...

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

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About the buyer

Contact name

Carol Woodfield

Address

10 Woodcock Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7WB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 303 2913

Email

Carol.Woodfield@birmingham.gov.uk